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R. P. MASON.

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APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 21,1912.

1,080,358, Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

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F. MASON, OF BISHOPVILLE, S'OUTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF EIGHTY-FIVE ONE-HUNDREDTHS TO CHARLES A. DIVINE, OF BISHOPVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

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LONE-358.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application'led June 21, 1912. Serial No. 705,039.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

To all 'whom it may concern.

Be it lknown that I, RICHARD F. MASON, a citizen of the United States of America, residin at Bishopville, in the county of Lee and tate of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signs, of 'which the following is a specificais a sectional view on the line A-B of s shown in the drawing, each letter and character is made up of overlapping or linked circle areas as to face and 'of major and minor arcs of such circles as to outline or boundary, so that a series of light reflecting areas is formed around independent centers. I constructthe sig'nof suitable material 1, in which the overlapping or` linked circle areas 2 are formed by a suitable tool. In forming these letters, care must be taken that the outer edge of one circle does not come too close tou the center of the next adj acent circle. If they are' too close, the tool runs from the new hole, juststarted,to the hole reviously formed, which results in breakinv the tool.' v

The depression or conntersunk 4circular light reflecting areas 3 are formed by the tool lin. the center of each circular light reflecting area 2 and are coaxial therewith. The signf,..vis4 first colored witha rust or weather resisting compound and then the letters are colored by a suitable weather resisting compound of contrasting color. The

i larger circular light areas reflect rays of light on ditlerent angles from the smaller light areas, so that a brilliant sign is produced which can be -seen clearly from a comparatively long distance. The walls 3 of the larger areas also reflect light, so that no matter from which direction the light strikes the. sign, it is reflected, thus enhancing the brilli'ancy of the sign. These signs may be formed by a suitable machine, and

in this connection attention is called to the fact that I need not have a pattern for each letter. For instance, the letters L, E, F, can all be made on one plate. That is to say, the letter E can be used as a pattern for forming the letter L by filling the upper and middle horizontal lines of the E with a suitable temporary lling, so that the operator will not fellow those holes. The letters C, U, R, H, J, Z, X and K can also be used in this way as patterns for other letters.

The sign above described constitutes a o mpiece solid sign of any suitable mater1a In all constructions of signs shown and described, the' salient features are that the letters, etc., are made up of overlapping or linked` circle recesses, the sides of which merge into each other and are at right angles to the bases of said recesses, and that the letters, etc., and the material in which they are formed are of' contrasting color. In some instances, the color` may be the saine according to the material in which the let- Iters are formed.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A sign comprising a body in which the characters are formed and made up of a plurality of overlapping circular recesses, the sides of which merge into cach' other and are at right angles to the bases of said recesses, the sides and bases of the recesses being reflecting and other reflecting recesses in the bases' of and coaxial with the first named reflecting arcas.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD F. MASON.

lV t-nesses F. M. SauTH,

J. E. BANFMED. 

